Democracy in an Electronic Era

We live in a unique era of change. Our acts to defend democracy and human values, or our failure to act, will undoubtedly have a dramatic effect on the lives of our children and our grandchildren. The unprecedented development of electronic communications has been accompanied by an equally phenomenal development in surveillance capabilities, thereby changing our perceptions of democracy and privacy. Most people would agree that: “The right to be left alone-[is] the most comprehensive of right..